Smile Identity
Smile Identity (Smile ID) is Africa's leading digital identity verification, fraud detection, AML and KYC/KYB compliance platform. Its V3 REST API and v12 mobile/web SDKs let businesses onboard and authenticate users across all 54 African countries and beyond, covering thousands of ID types and documents. Products include Biometric KYC, Document Verification, Enhanced Document Verification, Basic and Enhanced KYC, Business Verification (KYB), SmartSelfie registration/authentication/compare, phone and address verification, and AML monitoring. Verifications run against government and institutional data sources, with passive/active liveness, and results delivered synchronously and via asynchronous callback webhooks.
Smile Identity publishes 12 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Biometric Authentication API, Biometric Enrollment API, and 9 more. Tagged areas include Company, Identity Verification, KYC, KYB, and Biometrics.
The Smile Identity catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
Smile Identity’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, engineering blog, signup flow, pricing, changelog, and 26 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 1
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RegTech, AML/KYC and Money Transmission | distribution | 28.8 | - | - |
| Biometrics Testing (biometric recognition vendors, identity verification depth) | distribution | 28.8 | - | - |
| GLEIF LEI Issuers (Legal Entity Identifier infrastructure) | distribution | 28.8 | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 1
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 12
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Smile Identity Authentication API
The Authentication API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
Smile Identity Biometric Authentication API
The Biometric Authentication API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric authentication.
Smile Identity Biometric Enrollment API
The Biometric Enrollment API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric enrollment.
Smile Identity Biometric KYC API
The Biometric KYC API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for biometric kyc.
Smile Identity Callback Replay API
The Callback Replay API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for callback replay.
Smile Identity Document Verification API
The Document Verification API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for document verification.
Smile Identity Enhanced Document Verification API
The Enhanced Document Verification API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for enhanced document verification.
Smile Identity Enhanced KYC API
The Enhanced KYC API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for enhanced kyc.
Smile Identity Services API
The Services API from Smile Identity — 4 operation(s) for services.
Smile Identity Smart Selfie Compare API
The Smart Selfie Compare API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for smart selfie compare.
Smile Identity Users API
The Users API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for users.
Smile Identity Verification Status API
The Verification Status API from Smile Identity — 1 operation(s) for verification status.
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Open Collections 12
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Smile ID V3 Authentication API
OPEN COLLECTIONSmile ID V3 Authentication Biometric Authentication API
OPEN COLLECTIONSmile ID V3 Authentication Biometric Enrollment API
OPEN COLLECTIONSmile ID V3 Authentication Biometric KYC API
OPEN COLLECTIONSmile ID V3 Authentication Callback Replay API
OPEN COLLECTIONSmile ID V3 Authentication Document Verification API
OPEN COLLECTIONSmile ID V3 Authentication Enhanced KYC API
OPEN COLLECTIONSmile ID V3 Authentication Services API
OPEN COLLECTIONSmile ID V3 Authentication Smart Selfie Compare API
OPEN COLLECTIONSmile ID V3 Authentication Users API
OPEN COLLECTIONSmile ID V3 Authentication Verification Status API
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Agent Skills 4
Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.
Run a Biometric KYC verification
AGENT SKILLRun a Document Verification
AGENT SKILLEvent Specifications 1
AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.
Spectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Smile Identity — api reference rules
SPECTRALOpenAPI Overlays 1
Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.
Smile Identity V3 Overlay
DERIVEDSecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Get Started 4
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 2
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 4
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 8
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 2
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 2
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
Smile Identity API — frequently asked questions
Does Smile Identity have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 12 APIs from Smile Identity, including Smile Identity Authentication API, Smile Identity Biometric Authentication API and Smile Identity Biometric Enrollment API, and 9 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Smile Identity API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 12 OpenAPI specifications for Smile Identity, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Smile Identity API?
Smile Identity uses bearer-token authentication (apiKey/http · 4 schemes). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Smile Identity Authentication.
Is the Smile Identity API ready for AI agents?
Smile Identity has a Kin Score of 49.8 out of 100 (developing) and an Agent Readiness score of 29.8 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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